Numbering Code	G-SCI31 65050 LJ58	Year/Term	2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	Master's students	Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period
Instructor name	ENOMOTO TAKESHI (Disaster Prevention Research Institute Professor) YOSHIDA AKIRA (Disaster Prevention Research Institute Associate Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	Lectures on essential atmospheric dynamics at synoptic to planetary scales are given to understand climate variations and anomalous weather events. After an overview of large-scale atmospheric circulations is presented, essential ideas in dynamic meteorology such as the governing equations, vorticity, circulation and potential vorticity, quasi-geostrophic equations, baroclinic instability are discussed.
Course Goals	To understand essential ideas in dynamic meteorology To develop the dynamical thinking to understand climate variations and anomalous weather events
Schedule and Contents	1. Overview of large-scale atmospheric circulations (Enomoto) 2. The governing equations of the atmosphere (Enomoto) 3. Atmospheric response to heating and equatorial circulations (Enomoto) 4. Propagation of stationary Rossby waves and sequence of anomalous weather events (Enomoto) 5. Circulations associated with potential vorticity (Enomoto) 6. The quasi-geostrophic equations and baroclinic instability (Enomoto) 7. Life cycle of mid-latitude cyclones (Yoshida) 8. Western boundary currents and storm tracks (Yoshida)
Course Requirements	Assumes basic understanding of Calculus, Linear Algebra, Vector Analysis, Dynamics, Thermodynamics.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Review the derivations of equations presented and essential ideas during lectures.
References, etc.	An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology, Holton, J. and G. J. Hakim, (Academic Press), ISBN:9780123848666 総観気象学入門, 小倉義光, (東京大学出版会), ISBN:9784130607322, In Japanese